Primary Care/Medical Home
Oregon Patient-Centered Primary Care Home Implementation Task Force
The Oregon Health Authority (OHA), created by the Oregon legislature, established the Oregon PCPCH Program to develop strategies to identify and measure patient-centered primary care homes, promote their development, and encourage this new model of care in Oregon.
As a part of this initiative, the OHA and the Northwest Health Foundation (NWHF) convened a diverse group-including patient advisors, as well as primary care and mental health clinicians and public health and health care delivery technical experts from across Oregon to provide recommendations to support broad implementation of Patient-Centered Primary Care Homes (PCPCH) in Oregon. The task force will provide infrastructure and technical support recommendations to OHA and NWHF. It is hoped that the collaborative effort will help align the resources, programs, and priorities of all key health care delivery stakeholders in the state so that all clinics will meet Oregon PCPCH standards by December 2012.
The task force membership represents a varied constituency. Members are knowledgeable about patient- and family-centered primary care home delivery systems and health care quality. The task force includes patient and family advisors, family doctors, nurse practitioners, pediatricians, Health Department staff, behavioral health professionals, a health plan executive, a hospital executive, and a diversity expert.
The task force is comprised of four work groups: Quality Improvement/Change Management, Patient and Leadership Engagement, Clinic and Community Teams, and Data Support. Meetings are scheduled through October 2011, and the communities served are invited to provide ongoing input. More information, including meeting agendas and materials, are available online.
